Wordle 420 4/6
OUTER
QUACK
SULKY
HUNKY
BUNKY, DUNKY, FUNKY, GUNKY, HUNKY, LUNKY, PUNKY—all seemed colloquial and unlikely to be solutions. But “no C, but a K (and also no L)” really narrowed down the possibilities. I finally went with ‘hunky’ as perhaps the least slangy of the options.
Sorry about your experience today, @EllisDee—it’s only a game, but it still stings, I know.
It doesn’t, actually, because it was my strategy failing, not me fucking up and doing something stupid. My main feeling is that it has added a new wrinkle for my strategy, which has never really addressed guesses after 3 before. (It’s designed to win in 3.)
So now I know to come up with some rules for after the 3rd guess. First one is clear: Make H a high priority letter starting in word 4. I’m tossing N in that bucket as well, which I’d already been informally doing. If I had prioritized H, that would have turned this loss into no worse than a 5.
Sort of like my “check either M or N (but not both) in the first two words.” rule. Which I will now extend to include “and check the other by word 4.”
I do appreciate the sympathy, everyone. It was annoying that it totally took the wind out of my upcoming 200th game milestone, that’s for sure.
Tomorrow’s Wordle, Today
Should’ve joined the army.
Wordle 421 4/6
TRASH
HEAVY
CHAIN
KHAKI
Wordle 421 5/6
CLOPS
TAMER
AGAIN
KHADI
KHAKI
Well here is a textbook demonstration of my new, modified strategy. Saved me tons of time.
When I do a research word, I specifically never look at duplicate letters. The primary goal is to check as many desired letters as possible. When trying to win (guess 3) I’ll think about duplicates, like here guessing ‘again’.
Thanks to last night’s debacle I now have a fallback plan in this situation. When I see nothing after failing the guess at 3, I now look to guess a third research word checking (in order) M or N, H, K, then maybe something from WDG. So today I got to try that out, and just started plugging in all combinations of HKADI starting with a in the center and moving the i. I expected to replace the d with w and then g but didn’t even need to get that far, since apparently KHADI is a word. Sweet fourth guess word to have discovered for this strategy.
Previously I would have just stared at __A(I)_ until I thought up something that fit and would actually be on the answer list, which khadi certainly isn’t. It would have taken me a long time to see khaki.
I definitely envision having to break hard mode rules for my new research guess at 4, but will try to avoid it where possible. Khadi for the win today.
Wordle 421 5/6
EARTH
LIONS
DUMPY
WHACK
KHAKI
Wordle 421 5/6
RATIO
INLAY
ASIDE
CHAMP
KHAKI
This one was super hard . At guess 3 I kept wanting to go with AMISS but decided on ABIDE to get more letters. I accidentally hit the S and realized that I preferred ASIDE After that it was either _ I__A or __I_A and of course the second made more sense but I could not come up with any words so I went hunting for letters and also confirmed the vowel placement. I’m actually proud of myself for getting it but it took up a lot of my limited brain power.
Wordle 421 3/6
i did all of the words on other websites. This word stood out as the hardest for me to find the word.
So, when I got to the “official” wordle and saw the results from the first two words I immediately knew the word. It was a fast and easy three, because of the struggle from months ago.
CRANE
TOILS
KHAKI
Wordle 421 5/6*
PIOUS
TRIAL
CABIN
IMAGE
KHAKI
That was a struggle.
I hear ya.
Wordle 421 5/6
DRAIN
IMAGE
BIALI
OKAPI
KHAKI
Wordle 421 4/6*
BEARD
CHANT
SHAKY
… very long pause …
KHAKI
Wordle 421 3/6
HEART
SHAKY
KHAKI
Finally, a three.
Wordle 421 3/6*
IRATE
CHAIN
KHAKI
Wordle 421 4/6
SLANT
CRIMP
DUCHY
KHAKI
This one was a challenge. The hard part was coming up with any word for my 4th guess that was consistent with what I’d learned from the first three.
Wordle 421 4/6*
Screw
Plait
Umami
Khaki
Wordle 421 4/6
LOUPE
TRAIN
SWAMI
KHAKI
After a couple minutes trying to place the I, I decided it must be in the fifth spot. I felt weirdly confident about SWAMI; at least I was right about the I. KHAKI followed shortly thereafter.
I feel good about how I played this one.
I enjoyed this one.
Wordle 421 3/6
SHARE
THANK
KHAKI
Wordle 421 4/6*
FEIGN
ACRID
MIASM
KHAKI
Wordle 421 5/6
SPORE
CABIN
TIDAL
AHIGH
KHAKI
I had to really work hard for this one! After my 3rd word, I tried so many combos of letters to try and make a word…wasn’t sure if AHIGH would be an answer word, but went with it. Nope, but that gave me the H in green in the 2nd spot. But with all letters that usually go in front of an H ruled out, I was stumped. Just didn’t consider the K! Finally it clicked though.
Tomorrow’s is another one I was certain had been done before.
Wordle 422 4/6
HUNKY → Odd start. Need more common letters. Is the H in second?
SHAKE → Yes. But not preceded by S, and I can’t think of any words CHAK? or THAK? [IOA]HAK? also don’t scan. (looks down, sees pants) Oh.
KHAKI
Good thing this was a Sunday Wordle. I was actually dressed decently.